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Tras el extraordinario \u00e9xito de las misiones a Marte, Venus y Tit\u00e1n, Europa explorar\u00e1 Mercurio, el planeta m\u00e1s cercano al Sol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

La misi\u00f3n BepiColombo, que lleva el nombre de un famoso matem\u00e1tico italiano que estudi\u00f3 la mejor trayectoria de vuelo hacia Mercurio, ser\u00e1 una de las misiones espaciales m\u00e1s complejas jam\u00e1s realizadas. Se lanzar\u00e1n tres m\u00f3dulos hacia el planeta m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o del Sistema Solar: un orbitador europeo, un orbitador japon\u00e9s y una secci\u00f3n de propulsi\u00f3n que transportar\u00e1 a las dos naves espaciales hasta Mercurio.<\/p>\n

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Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo, 1920-1984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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La sonda BepiColombo se dirige hacia Mercurio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 ir a Mercurio? Hasta ahora s\u00f3lo dos naves han visitado el planeta, y a\u00fan falta estudiar detalladamente gran parte de su superficie. Son a\u00fan muchas las preguntas a las que puede responder BepiColombo. Por ejemplo, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 Mercurio est\u00e1 constituido principalmente de hierro? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 tiene un campo magn\u00e9tico? \u00bfExiste hielo de agua en los fr\u00edos y sombreados cr\u00e1teres situados cerca de los polos?<\/p>\n

La Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) de la ESA llevar\u00e1 a bordo 11 instrumentos. Desde una \u00f3rbita polar, cartografiar\u00e1n la superficie del planeta, sondear\u00e1n la naturaleza de su interior, determinar\u00e1n la constituci\u00f3n de sus rocas y estudiar\u00e1n su tenue atm\u00f3sfera. La segunda nave, la Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) de Jap\u00f3n, llevar\u00e1 cinco instrumentos para el estudio del campo magn\u00e9tico del planeta.<\/p>\n

BepiColombo ser\u00e1 la primera misi\u00f3n a ese misterioso planeta formada por dos sondas orbitales. El lanzamiento est\u00e1 previsto para julio de 2016. Despu\u00e9s de describir un largo viaje en torno al interior del Sistema Solar, BepiColombo llegar\u00e1 a Mercurio en 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following its wonderfully successful missions to Mars, Venus and Titan, Europe is going to explore Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Named after a famous Italian mathematician who made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"esa_banner_image":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2008\/01\/bepicolombo_s_propulsion3\/17889504-2-eng-GB\/BepiColombo_s_propulsion.jpg","esa_banner_description":"BepiColombo\u2019s propulsion","esa_banner_credit":"ESA - C. Carreau","esa_banner_licence":"ESA Standard Licence","esa_banner_detail_url":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2008\/01\/BepiColombo_s_propulsion3","esa_external_url":"","esa_external_new_window":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[10,11,12],"tags":[2],"panel":[],"language":[],"age":[],"duration":[],"resource_type":[],"audience":[],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learn","category-our-universe","category-planets-and-moons","tag-background-article"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/4568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"panel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panel?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"age","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_type?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}